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The Dallas Cowboys don't mind shelling out money to some of their own star players.
Jerry Jones doesn't always go after big free agents, but he often pays his best players a ton of cash.
That's true for DaRon Bland, even if it may not be warranted.
Bland, currently playing on a $90 million contract that makes him the sixth-highest paid cornerback in the NFL, has been called the most overpaid player on the entire Cowboys roster in a new article by Bleacher Report's Brad Gagnon.
"Quinnen Williams and Kenny Clark were also strong candidates with output that doesn't align with $20-plus million AAVs, but Bland is the clear-cut winner," Gagnon writes. "The 2022 fifth-round pick has one good season under his belt, but that was enough to earn him a four-year, $90 million deal. He's missed significant time while being consistently rocked in coverage when on the field the last two seasons, all as the sixth-highest-paid corner in the sport."
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Bland is 26 years old and a former fifth-round pick who was never expected to be on this level.
In his rookie season, though, Bland picked off five passes, and then in 2023, he snatched nine INTs.
That was enough to earn him a huge payday, but Bland has just one pick total across the last two seasons and has become troublesome in coverage.
Bland was paid for his past production, but his future production hasn't matched that big payday.
And right now, the Cowboys' defense is in need of more talent but has too much money tied up in a player who isn't getting the job done.
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